The race of 1976 was very close. Despite having trailed Carter by wide margins early that year, President Ford managed to win reelection by 49.3% of the popular vote over 48.8% for Carter. Ford narrowly won Ohio, Wisconsin and Mississippi, giving him 284 electoral votes. However, he just won Wisconsin and Mississippi by less than 0.3%. Had Ford lost both, he would have lost the election to Carter. How could a Carter presidency turn out, and how would the Carter administration fix the economy and react to Red Iran?